Does Snapping Rubber Bands On Your Wrist Leave Scars

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Does snapping rubber bands on your wrist leave scars. This self harm thing is dumb. Snap it in place when you re about to. In the present moment there is no fear more on this in the video. Snapping a rubber band is a technique some people use to stop a bad habit like smoking.

Use a rubber according to susan jaffe md new york city based psychiatrist an effective trick of the book is to leave a rubber band around your wrist. Like when your having an anxiety attack you smack yourself to bring you back to a grounded level so to speak i guess it could be for self harm but the majorit. It s also almost impossible that it will leave you with lifelong scars you have to worry about whether to hide or not. I was just curious are there any downsides to this method as an example i have been doing this for a week now and i have gotten a bruise on my hand it probably isn t from me snapping the rubber band but.

You pull the rubber band and let go so it snaps on your wrist. So is it self harm. Its a trick to help people who have an anxiety problem. You however appear to be using it as a way of not dealing with your emotions.

Alice in the past i have self mutilated and recently there has been a lot of added stress to my life. You need to feel the snap but it should not leave a red mark. Any form of self harm that damages the skin can leave scars. I ve heard about wearing a rubber band on your wrist as an alternative.

Katy has elaborated on the technique using her imagination and self knowledge to create a tool that works for her. There are alternatives that may help instead of damaging ways. You can be in a dissociated state or intoxicated etc snap a rubber band and likely not create the scenarios that can ensue from cutting while dissociated or very drunk. The article suggested a rubber band technique for stopping thoughts.

Whether this is cutting burning scratching or picking at skin.